A Birthday Party No One Else Was Invited To
The first time someone described Casey as having “stalkerish” tendencies, I defended her. For the most part though, I didn’t talk about it.
A+ Mini-Roundtable: Oh, This Old Thing? It Used to Belong to My Ex
Finders keepers…
Sunday Funday Is a Fool for Alyson Stoner’s New Queer Music Video
In a world guaranteed to make you frown, we’ve curated a list of things guaranteed to make you smile. Including: Brandi Carlile at ACL, Janelle Monae and Tessa Thompson in Lady and the Tramp, a comedy about Emily Dickinson, and intergenerational queer activists! Happy Sunday!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Keeping Sex Weird
How to get into anal, how to winterize a vagina, why couples who post a lot on social media are probably doomed, why weird sex is good sex and more.
Raising Baby T. Rex: The Soft Underbelly of a Hard Femme Mama
I love how soft I am postpartum. It’s a reminder of how my body stretched and grew and changed to grow a tiny human. I didn’t know I could be that strong and that soft simultaneously. I didn’t know my softness could be my strength.
Yo! That’s Not Cool #13: Birthday Box
“Every time I try to put myself in a box I always break free.”
Boobs on Your Tube: Peach Salinger Joins an Elite Squad on This Week’s “You”
Plus: How to Get Away With Murder does a gay thing, 9-1-1 does a good thing and doesn’t kill its gay; and updates on Mayans M.C., The Purge, Young and the Restless, Grey’s Anatomy, and Station 19!
55 Fictional Witches, Ranked by Lesbianism
Once I saw Heather Hogan stop a man who had been calling her “doll” in his tracks by asking him “What’s your name, buddy?” and that’s the same energy as Endora refusing to remember Darrin’s name correctly.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: How Do You Stand Up For Yourself Like A Boss At Work?
Standing up for yourself at work: Intimidating? You bet. Necessary? That too. So let’s talk about it!
The Comment Awards Like You Just the Way You Are
We finally, somehow, got through this week, my loves! Have some water! Pet a dog! Hurl a straight white cis man into the sun!
The Astro Boy of Asbury Park
The classic manga and anime character reimagined as a non-binary teen growing up in New Jersey.
Call for Submissions: But Make It Fashion
Submissions are now open for our next quarterly theme issue: But Make It Fashion.
Maya Rudolph’s “Forever” Is Finally Here, Quietly Queer
What I’m trying to say is: Forever is like if Portlandia had a baby with San Junipero and it grew up watching only Spike Jonze and Richard Linklater films.
“Adventures in New America”: A Black Lesbian Stars in This Afrofuturist Podcast From the Producers of “Night Vale”
This is the science fiction black people rarely get to star in, but I’m still a little wary.
Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Products, Ranked By Jack-o’-Lantern Emojis
“If I were Pac-Woman and these pumpkin rolls were the little dots in the maze I had to eat, I would win every time.”
This Woman Asking for Advice About Her Gay Affair Should Leave Her Husband, Be Gay, Do Crimes
This week, the Sun published a fascinating letter in their Dear Deidre advice column, in which a (presumably straight?) (presumably real???) married woman describes falling in love with another young mother at her child’s school and wonders if their tawdry extramarital affair is built to last.
How We Feel About Being Fat
A reader requested a roundtable where Autostraddle’s fat staff talk about how fatness, diet culture, and body positivity, relate to our queerness, identity, and gender. We aim to please, so here we are!
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #57: Autonomy
As if there’s value in being a person who never needs anyone.
No Filter: Beth Ditto Got Engaged and it’s Cute as Heck
Also, Hayley Kiyoko got the hot car and Samira Wiley wants to dance with somebody.
Pop Culture Fix: The Good Place’s Eleanor Is for Sure “Super Bisexual” and Other Important Developments
Tahani and Eleanor are not “off the table,” Helena Peabody’s ex-girlfriend is a lesbian psychologist on Law & Order SVU, the Runaways Season Two trailer is here and HOT, “The Bisexual” trailer is here and HOT, Chicago Fire might have a new LGBTQ character, some Trump supporters angry at Wanda Sykes, 100 Best Romantic Comedies and more!